Says who? This is what “some” have written. Everyone has a dark side according to the media.
You can deny it if you want, although I’m not sure why you would want to. There is plenty of evidence out there and not sure the point. They are both long gone.
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Plus discussing the details of the dark side of Edison and/or Henry Ford would be pretty off topic.
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The dark side of bending rules ; all index fund buyers are now actively pouring money into spacex. @coogman91 warned about this before the IPO
SpaceX went public on June 12 at $135 a share, and it entered the Nasdaq-100 just 15 trading days later.
That’s not the usual timeline. It happened because Nasdaq quietly changed its inclusion rules in May, creating what it calls a “Fast Entry” rule that lets companies ranking among the top 40 by market cap skip the typical waiting period. SpaceX was the first company ever to use it, as TheStreet reported.
The moment it joined, every fund tracking the Nasdaq-100 was required to buy shares automatically. That’s not a small universe. More than $800 billion in assets directly track the index, CNBC reported, more than half of which sits inside Invesco’s QQQ, one of the most commonly held funds inside employer-sponsored 401(k) plans.
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2nd launch of starship v3 planned for later this week. No planned capture of booster or ship this time. Meanwhile stock price falls to near IPO levels.
AI Overview
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, July 16, 2026, for the next Starship launch (Flight 13). The 90-minute launch window will open at 5:45 p.m. Central Time. The massive rocket will lift off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. [1, 2, 3]
Flight Details
- The Mission: This is the second test flight of the upgraded Starship and Super Heavy “Version 3” (V3) vehicles. [1, 2, 3]
- The Flight Path: The rocket will fly a 65-minute suborbital trajectory. The booster will splash down in the Gulf of Mexico, while the Starship spacecraft will splash down in the Indian Ocean. [1, 2]
- Payload: For the first time, Starship will carry and deploy 20 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites. Some of these satellites have cameras aimed at the rocket’s heat shield to monitor its health during the intense heat of re-entry. [1, 2, 3]
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The Brownsville liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals are located approximately 5.9 to 6 miles (about 9.5 km) west of the SpaceX Starbase launch pad on Boca Chica Beach. [1, 2]
What could go wrong?
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Very last second abort on launch; apparently 3 or 4 raptor engines failed to
ignite and will be replaced. Next potential launch next week.
They certainly can rebound over time but this type of performance sure makes it feel like more people invested in hype rather than substance of financials.
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Improvement, but super heavy booster had engine problems again
and came in with too high terminal velocity. Other mission objectives
seem to have been met, pending additional data analysis.
Ship landed so softly in the Indian Ocean that it is still intact and floating. Wow.
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Should be fun to watch how the company stock responds
after flight 13 on Monday. I think there will be a slight bump,
but less sure it gets back to IPO price of $135.
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Best summary I’ve read so far on flight 13.
And good write up on the heat shield tile system. Different then what was used on the
space shuttle, but doesn’t get into the specifics. May be proprietary company trade
secret thing ?
https://x.com/wonderofscience/status/2081028636115620158
Spectacular footage of a Falcon 9 rocket launch captured from an airplane cockpit.
7 seconds